Smart on Crime

by Harris, Kamala

• ISBN13: 9780811865289
• ISBN10: 0811865282
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-10-07
• Publisher: Chronicle Books

Summary

This is a policy focused book on what is wrong with the U.S. criminal justice system and how to fix it, with an emphasis on making Americans all safer in their homes and on the streets. The author is a charismatic, nationally prominent black woman District Attorney of San Francisco who is on her way to higher office and greater things. Introduction to the book will be personal, describing how Harris got to her vision of what needs to be done. The rest of the book will not be self promotional or focused on Harris, but a real analysis. Throughout the book, there will be: 1) Quotes from prominent policymakers giving their first person views on certain key points 2) Profiles of individual people involved in the innovative program Harris has started. Book format Introduction:- Kamala's first and only priority is public safety.- The usual way of looking at approach to crime is wrong: not "tough" or "soft"; should be "smart."Chapter 1: Urban MythsChapter 2: If the Prisons Are Full, Why Do We Still Have Crime?Chapter 3: A New Breed of DAChapter 4: Public Health model and the role of the 21st Century DAChapter 5: New Approaches in Practice: Back on TrackChapter 6: Partnerships in ActionChapter 8: Focus on KidsChapter 9: Protecting the Sexually Exploited and AbusedChapter 10: Other Groups at Risk: Seniors and Immigrant CommunityChapter 11: The Future (and recap)

Author Biography

Kamala D. Harris was a prosecutor in Oakland, California, before being elected as San Francisco's District Attorney in 2003 and re-elected in 2007.

Joan O'C. Hamilton is a Menlo Park, California-based writer and former Bay Area bureau chief for Business Week magazine.